An excellent three-case inrō. Late 19/20th century

An excellent three-case inrō. Late 19/20th century Signed Tōyō 桃葉 with kaō Of flat shape bearing a black lacquer ground, decorated with Kusunoki Masatsura engraving a poem with an arrow onto a door at the tomb of Emperor Go-Daigo, on the reverse with the war banner with the kikusui-mon of the Kusunoki clan beneath a pine branch, lacquered in gold and iroe-togidashi. Red lacquer and fundame to the inside, the risers with imperial kiku-mon in gold on a black lacquer ground. Height 8.6 cm; width 6.3 cm

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